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SARAH JONES is an Obie Award-winning playwright, actor and poet. Her multicharacter solo shows, including Bridge & Tunnel, which was originally produced Off-Broadway by Oscar winner Meryl Streep, have garnered critical acclaim from around the country and the world. From her sold-out runs at the Kennedy Center and Berkeley Repertory Theatre to tours of India, Europe and South Africa to performances for such audiences as the United Nations, members of the U.S. Congress and the Supreme Court of Nepal, Jones? multicultural cast of characters is a reflection of her diverse audiences. She attended the United Nations International School and Bryn Mawr College, where she was the recipient of the Mellon Minority Fellowship, then returned to New York and began writing and competing in poetry slams at the Nuyorican Poets Café. There she developed her first show, Surface Transit, which was presented at the American Place Theatre and P.S. 122. Her next piece, Women Can?t Wait!, was commissioned by Equality Now to address the human rights of women and girls. A subsequent commission by the National Immigration Forum yielded Waking the American Dream, the inspiration for Bridge & Tunnel. Most recently, Jones was commissioned by the WK Kellogg Foundation for a piece entitled A Right to Care, which tackles themes of inequality in health. Jones has also received grants and commissions from Lincoln Center Theater and the Ford Foundation, and theatre honors including a Helen Hayes Award, two Drama Desk nominations, a Theatre World Special Award, HBO?s US Comedy Arts Festival?s Best One Person Show Award and an NYCLU Calloway Award in recognition of Jones as the first artist in history to sue the Federal Communications Commission for censorship. The lawsuit resulted in reversal of the censorship ruling, which had targeted her hip-hop poem recording Your Revolution. A regular uncensored guest on public radio, she has also made TV appearances on HBO, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, CNN and in her own special, The Sarah Jones Show, on Bravo. A proud Queens native, Jones lives in New York with her partner Steve Colman.
Bio as of September, 2006.
Downstage Center (audio)
Sarah Jones - January, 2006
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
Website:
www.sarahjonesonline.com
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